2024 Las Vegas GP
Results
Race
George Russell
1:35.717 Fastest Lap
50 Laps
1st
Lewis Hamilton
1:35.480 Fastest Lap
50 Laps
2nd
Qualifying
George Russell
1:32.312 Fastest Lap
25 Laps
1st
Lewis Hamilton
1:48.106 Fastest Lap
24 Laps
10th
Formula One's second visit to the Las Vegas Strip Circuit brought the team its first victory in the City of Lights. After setting the fastest time in each practice session, George started from pole position in the first race of the season's final triple-header.
The Ferraris put George under pressure in the early stages, but he held them off to take a dominant victory after 50 laps. It was his third Grand Prix victory and his second of the season.
Lewis started from P10 and fought his way up through the field as the race progressed. With the two Ferraris and McLarens struggling with their tyres, Lewis was able to implement a two-stop strategy and eventually overtake Max Verstappen to secure a one-two finish for the team.
From Las Vegas it's straight on to Qatar for the penultimate race of the season next weekend.
George Russell
To win in Las Vegas feels incredible! I’m so thankful for the team and happy for them that we got this win. We had great pace throughout and we were comfortable in the lead. You are always thinking that something might happen though, such as a safety car, but it was clean throughout. It was almost a perfect weekend as we took pole position, led almost every lap and took the 1-2. It was great to be up on the podium with Lewis; he drove a fantastic race to come through from P10. We couldn’t ask for more.
I was meant to be flying out of here tonight but that’s not going to happen now! We will enjoy this night as a team as everyone deserves it. We will then sit down on Monday and go through the data to understand why we were so quick this weekend. Hopefully that can help us as we go into the final two races of the season in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Finally, I’d like to say congratulations to Max on his fourth title. He is a deserving champion, has driven at an incredible level all year, and is the man we will all be chasing in 2025.
Lewis Hamilton
I’m really happy for the team. It was an exceptional performance by everyone this weekend to claim the 1-2. The car felt strong throughout and I had a really fun and enjoyable race. It felt great to be moving forward throughout as I had a long way to come back from! It is slightly bittersweet as if we had qualified where we should have yesterday, I think I could have won. Nevertheless, I didn’t think I would have been able to finish P2 today before the race so I’m very happy. Congratulations to George on a great drive to take victory. Congratulations must also go to Max too who claimed the title today. He’s done a fantastic job all year and is a deserving champion.
Toto Wolff, Team Principal & CEO
It has been a while since we took a 1-2 so this is a fantastic result for the team. The colder conditions on a low grip circuit such as this clearly suited us. Nevertheless, everyone did a great job to execute well across the weekend. We have been quick from the start of FP1 on Thursday and continued that into Friday and Saturday. We got the car in a great window and that is really pleasing.
George managed the race superbly. He held off the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc early on and from there was in complete command of the Grand Prix. Lewis also drove fantastically to cut his way through the field from P10 to P2. He showed just how quick he is to secure a brilliant result for the team. Finally, congratulations to Max Verstappen on winning the title; he is a deserving champion, and we hope to take the fight to him next year.
Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director
We didn't come to Las Vegas thinking that this track would suit us, so it's been great to see the car working so well. We’ve been quick from lap one of practice on Thursday. We knew from those sessions that the single lap would be strong, but it was very encouraging to see the race pace today.
George did an amazing job managing from the front, covering off safety car risks and making sure he kept his tyres in better shape than the cars behind. It was another well-deserved win and the third of his F1 career. Lewis meanwhile outperformed all our simulations today to achieve P2. His final stint was immense; he'll be frustrated that he lost too much time in traffic to allow him to fight for the win but the 1-2 is of course a great result for the team. We now have two races to go in the season. We will be giving it everything we can to achieve similar success in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
2024 Las Vegas GP Result
1 | George Russell | Mercedes-AMG | |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes-AMG | +7.313 |
3 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +11.906 |
4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +14.283 |
5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +16.582 |
6 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +43.385 |
7 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | +51.365 |
8 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas | +59.808 |
9 | Yuki Tsunoda | Racing Bulls | +1:02.808 |
10 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | +1:03.114 |
11 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | +1:09.195 |
12 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +1:09.803 |
13 | Zhou Guanyu | Sauber | +1:14.085 |
14 | Franco Colapinto | Williams | +1:15.172 |
15 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +1:24.102 |
16 | Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls | +1:31.005 |
17 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +1 Lap |
18 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | +1 Lap |
Alexander Albon | Williams | DNF | |
Pierre Gasly | Alpine | DNF |